Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1887-11-09
Il I2M NOTES.

ne 1nsecI-eaHng DITdS are among
the farmers best friends, to be cher.
rished and protected.
A little time spent in care of the front
yard and in growing flowers will moi
be wasted time.
Florida claims to have extensive
phosphate beds equaling If not sur
passing those of South Carolina.
Judicious thinning of tree fruits is q
very fine and profitable thing when.
ever it can be conveniently practiced.
Use every endeavor to induce the
birds to build near the house and barn,
as they are the best insect extermina.
tors.
Buttermilk thickened with wheat
middlings and ground oats, with plenty
of grass, is the best food for growing
pigs.
The Government of Victoria, Austria
liza, is spending at the rate of 100000
a year to keep in check the increase Of
rabbits on crown lands.
In curing hay and planting corn for
fodder have in mind our long winters.
and when you think you have enough
secure or prepare little more.
In several localities on the Hudson
River, New York, Concord grape.
growers report that phylloxera are
gnawing at the roots of the grape vine.
After the rains it will require close
attention and extra work to keep down
the weeds and grass, as they now have
the most favorable conditions for
growth.
When young tree runs up in height
with but few strong branches and a
slender trunk the top should be
trimmed off few inches, especially Of
the main shoots.
By feeding oats unthrashed, we save
the labor of thrashing, and also get
the straw and grain together in the
stomach, getting better digestion Of
both than when they are fed separate.
The introduction of labor-saving
machinery has disarranged the old
methods of farming, and in nothing
more than in the changes it has
necessitated in the employment of
hired help.
Waldo F. Brown says in the National
Stockman: One mistake which is
made by many breeders of Jerseys is
to allow them to breed too young, and
| think this has done much to reduce
their size.
Any agricultural society can save
money by restricting the number of
prizes in each of the classes. Two
premiums are enough to offer for any
thing, as no exhibitor cares for third
or fourth prize.
Save all the manure. A quarter of
a century ago many Western farmers
dumped their manure into the rivers,
not supposing that manure or ferGliz-
ers is now being discussed as well as
the methods of restoring fertility.
Crab grass springs up after a rain.
It should be eradicated when very
young, and on dry, warm days. If
cleaned out in its first stages the work
will be easy, but if it be allowed to
root well and make growth it will en-
tail vast amount of labor.
Every time you use the cultivator in
order to kill ont the grass and weeds
you are at.the same time stirring the
soil, thereby admitting more air to the
roots of the plants, providing greater
amount of moisture and converting the
insoluble substances into plant food.
German millet, sown and lightly
narrowed in, in the proportion of one
| bushel of seed per acre, makes an eX-
| cellent crop for summer. But it must
| be cut as soon as it shall blossom. for
if allowed to ripcn its seed it will be-
| come hard and woody. On good,
well-manured land it should produce
two tons of hay.per acre.
Partly with view to the develop
| ment of agriculture in Mexico, a pro-
ject for making Vera Cruz free port
of entry is being discussed with great
interest. The idea is that European
merchants would open branch estab-
lishments in the country, and that
agriculture would be promoted in
order to stimulate trade. Europeans
favor the project as the best means
| of helping them to meet American
competition.
To secure fall blooming among roses
after blooming in the spring the strong
new canes should not be cut back, but
be allowed to remain and be bent down
to or toward the ground, fastening
them securely with pegs. In this
position great many shoots will start
out with more or less bloom. In the
following spring cut away as much of
the previous years growth as may
| be thought best. Very strong grow
ing kinds can be allowed more wood
than the weaker ones.
At meeting of the Physiological
society of Berlin, it was given as a
fact that when the bee has filled his
| cell and completed the lid, a drop of
formic acid, obtained from the poison
bag, connected.with the sting, is added
to the honey by perforating the lid
with the sting. This formic acid pre-
serves honey and every other sugar
solution from fermentation. Most OF
the insects that have singing APP
paratus similar to that of the bee are
collectors and storers of honey, SO the
sting has double function-it is a
weapon and picker.
An association is about to be formed
in Sullivan county, New York, with
headquarters at Cochecton, to be
known as the Empire Sheep and Land
Company of North America, with a
capital stock of 1926. OOO The object Of
the proposed company is to clear up
| the former timber lands of Sullivan,
Delaware, and surrounding counties,
in the state of New York, and to seed
them down in permanent grasses in
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